Schumann: Lieder, Op.35, Liebesfrühling Cycle Op.37 & Minnespiele, Op.101

On this CD:

1. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.1: Lust der Stumnacht
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

2. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.2: Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'!
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

3. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.3: Wanderlied
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

4. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.4: Erstes Grün
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

5. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.5: Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

6. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.6: Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

7. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.7: Wanderung
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

8. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.8: Stille Liebe
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

9. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.9: Frage
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

10. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.10: Stille Tränen
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

11. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.11: Wer machte disch so krank?
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

12. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 35 No.12: Alte Laute
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

13. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.1: Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

14. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 (In Robert Schumann's Zwölf Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling, Op.37)
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

15. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.3: O ihr Herren
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

16. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 (In Robert Schumann's Zwölf Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling, Op.37)
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

17. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.5: Ich hab' in mich gesogen
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

18. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.6: Liebste, was kann denn uns scheiden?
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

19. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.8: Flügel! Flügel! um zu fliegen
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

20. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.9: Rose, Meer und Sonne
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

21. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 No.10: O Sonn', o Meer, o Rose
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

22. Songs (12) from Rückert's Liebesfrühling, for voice & piano (Nos. 2,4, & 11 composed by Clara Schumann), Op. 37 Das Veilchen (In Robert Schumann's Zwölf Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling, Op.37)
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

23. Minnespiel, for voice(s) & piano, Op. 101 No.1: Meine Töne still und heiter
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

24. Minnespiel, for voice(s) & piano, Op. 101 No.2: Liebster, deine Worte stehlen
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

25. Minnespiel, for voice(s) & piano, Op. 101 No.4: Mein schöner Stern!
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

26. Minnespiel, for voice(s) & piano, Op. 101 No.6: O Freund, mein Schirm, mein Schutz!
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, Inger Sodergren
Conducted by Dr. Stefan Mikorey

Schumann: Lieder, Op.35, Liebesfrühling Cycle Op.37 & Minnespiele, Op.101, Music, Robert Schumann, Dr. Stefan Mikorey, Inger Sodergren, Art Song (General), Classical, Classical Music, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Song Collection for Solo Voice and Piano, Vocal

Anne Sofie von Otter - Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben / Forsberg
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Excellent Treatment by great Lieder Specialist

Idiosyncratic but wonderful

RELAX JUST A LITTLE

excellent singing and accompaniment

Off the Charts--WOW!

Anne Sofie von Otter - Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben / Forsberg
Robert Schumann , Anne Sofie von Otter , and Bengt Forsberg
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ASIN: B000001GP9
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Sreund, du blickest
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Frauenliebe un Leben Op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Lust der Sturmnacht Op. 35 No. 1
Dein Angesicht Op. 127 No. 2
Die Lbraut Op. 31 No. 1
Die KartenlegerinOp. 31 No. 2
Abendlied Op. 107 No. 6
Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1
Stille Liebe Op. 35 No. 8
Funf Lieder op. 40: Mveilchen
Funf Lieder op. 40: Muttertraum
Funf Lieder op. 40: Der Soldat
Funf Lieder op. 40: Der Spielmann
Funf Lieder op. 40: Verratene Liebe
Des Sennen Abschied Op. 79 No. 22
Der Schatzgrr Op. 45 No. 1
Die Soldatenbraut Op. 64 No. 1
Mein sch Stern Op. 101 No. 4
Schneeglhen Op. 79 No. 26
Volksliedchen Op. 51 No. 2
Vom Schlaraffenland Op. 79 No. 5
Rose, Meer und Sonne Op. 37 No. 9

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Treatment by great Lieder Specialist.......2006-06-02

Schuman's 'Frauenliebe und Leben' and other Lieder, realized by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter and her favorite accompaniest, Bengt Forsberg is definitely not the finest song cycle of the 19th century (I believe atleast one or two of Schubert's cycles fit that billing), but it is a great listen none the less, as Schumann is at least the second greatest writer of Lieder ever.

After listening to Von Otter's releases on Schubert and Brahms' Lieder, I would rate this work equally as good from the point of view of the artist, but I enjoy Shubert more, because of the more familiar material, especially the heavenly 'Ave Maria'.

All personal blather aside, this is a very good album, whether your thing is Schumann or Von Otter.

Idiosyncratic but wonderful.......2006-04-28

This is really a review just of the Frauenliebe: it's a beautiful interpretation, both from the singer and the pianist. Full of emotion and of course technically wonderful.

My only reservations are that it's a little idiosyncratic in terms of style, and the performers play with the tempi excessively I feel. For example I find Susser Freund and Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben both too slow throughout, and Du Ring am meinem finger is completely dripping with emotion and rather cloying.

However the overall effect is beautiful and certainly the final movement of the songcycle is about the most tragically emotional you will ever here - when the piano comes in at the end to reprise the theme from the beginning most people will find their eyes pricking with tears.

RELAX JUST A LITTLE.......2005-06-13

Schumann's short cycle of 8 songs Frauenliebe und Leben is one of the most beautiful and affecting musical creations of the entire 19th century. The songs were written from the heart as he struggled to achieve his marriage to Clara over the opposition of her fearsome father, and the poems are the work of one Chamisso. It says something for the power of music that I find Schumann's settings adorable and compulsive listening while still thinking the lyrics absolutely insufferable. Here are poems, written by a man and put into the mouth of a woman, all to the effect of how wonderful he is. The writer of the English liner-note also makes this point, albeit with commendable urbanity and restraint.

It is a certain excess of fervour over urbanity that gives me just a few reservations about this disc as a whole, not just the Frauenliebe cycle. At its best the singing is simply wonderful, full of life and passion. Enthusiasm, generosity and wholehearted commitment are the essence of Schumann's personality, and these performers do not miss any of it. Schumann was a romantic among romantics, and not just as a lover and husband. As well as the `headline' song-cycle and a nicely selected set of Schumann's other songs, this recital contains his settings of 5 poems (in German translation) by Hans Christian Andersen. These have real atmosphere, both the words and the music, and the artists capture it very well indeed. They are also fully responsive to the range of moods in the works they have chosen. The English liner-note writer very properly highlights the Rueckert Volksliedchen as an exquisite example of its type, and von Otter and Forsberg give it just the right sense of lightness together with ardour.

The recording is hard to assess. There is a sense of spaciousness round the voice that seems to me quite exceptionally successful, what I'm not so convinced by is the way it treats the piano. The tone of the instrument is rich, and the playing is full-blooded as of course it should be and as one would expect from Forsberg. All the same, I would still have liked the general warmth restrained ever so slightly, both in the playing and in the way the recording captures it. I feel something similar about the singing, particularly at two points where von Otter's tone did not strike my ear as agreeably as it does elsewhere. The whole approach works a dream in the songs of Chaminade, and the disc of her chansons that these interpreters have done is one that I commend with a Schumannesque enthusiasm of my own. In Schumann's own music the fervour is abundant to superfluity, and this will not be lost if the interpreters just relax a little over it.

Recommended strongly, despite any minor qualifications. I would have wanted this disc just for Er, der Herrstlichste by itself.

excellent singing and accompaniment.......2003-08-25

Ms. von Otter's "Frauenliebe und -leben" alone would make this CD excellent! Besides, she concludes the whole selection with the best interpretation of "Rose, Meer und Sonne" I have ever heard, great Fischer-Dieskau's included!! The dramatic elements in "Loewenbraut" and "Der Soldat" are superbly expressed. The only reservation I have about it is that von Otter comes close to shrieking in "Lust der Sturmnact" when she tries to hit high, which is very hard on the ear. Maybe she should have transposed a little bit, even though it is against Schumann's original intention. If you have been enjoying von Otter's expressive rendering, you will love her "Muttertraum" and "Verratene Liebe". Given the wonderful voice and singing, without Forsberg's astonishingly vivid playing, half of the pleasure would have been gone. Just listen to how he builds up the variations of feelings with the strophic form of "Rose, Meer und Sonne". In summary, this is one of the CD's no lieder fans can afford to miss!!

Off the Charts--WOW!.......2002-06-26

As a recent review in the ARG said of most lieder albums, a good start, come back in ten years when the voice has matured. This is not the case here. Even though it is nearly ten years after the recording, it is still outstanding. Can't say enough good. Put it on and listen over and over. She does everything without sounding artificial--she means it all. A perfect match for singer, music, words, pianist, recording. And give us more, please. BUY IT.

Lotte Lehmann: The Complete Victor Recordings (1935-1940)

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Lotte Lehmann: The Complete Victor Recordings (1935-1940)

Manufacturer: Romophone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001S3G
Release Date: 1995-11-22

Tracks:

An Chloe, K.524 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Die Verschweigung, K.518 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Die Schone Mullerin: Ungeduld, D.795, No.7 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Im Abendrot, D.799 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Die Kartenlegerin, Op.31, No.2 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Liederkreis: Waldesgoesprach, Op.39, No.3 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Der Tod Das Ist Die Kuhle Nacht, Op.96, No.1 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Therese, Op.86, No.1 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Meine Liebe Ist Grun, Op.63, No.5 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Anakreons Grab - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
In Dem Schatten Meiner Locken - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Do Not Chide - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
My Native Land - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Midsummer - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Fa La Nanna, Bambin - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Canto Di Primavera - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Ich Liebe Dich - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Schlafe, Mein Susses Kind - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
D'Une Prison - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Vierges D'Athens - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Gretel - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Selige Nacht - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Storchenbotschaft - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Der Gartner - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Du Denkst Mit Einem Fadchen Mich Zu Fangen - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Fur Musik, Op.10, No.1 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Gute Nacht, Op.5, No.7 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Lehn' Deine Wang' An Meine Wang' - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D.118 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Schlafe, Schlafe 'Weigenlied', D.498 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Du Bist Wie Eine Blume, Op.25, No.24 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Liederkreis: Fruhlingsnacht, Op.39, No.12 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh

Tracks:

Alte Laute, Op.35, No.12 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Botschaft, Op.47, No.1 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Das Madchen Spricht, Op.107, No.3 - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Mein Madel Hat Einen Rosenmund, No.25 From 49 Volkslieder - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Visions (Tonerna) - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Drink To Me Only - Lotte Lehmann/Erno Balogh
Gebet - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Nun Lass Uns Frieden Schliessen - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Fruhling Ubers Jahr - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Auf Ein Altes Bild - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
In Der Fruhe - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Auch Kleine Dinge - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Und Willst Du Deinen Liebsten Sterben Sehen - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Peregrina I - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Der Knabe Und Das Immlein - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Heimweh - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Er und Sie, Op.78, No.2 - Lotte Lehmann
So Wahr Die Sonne Scheinet, Op.37, No.12 - Lotte Lehmann
Unterm Fenster, Op.34, No.3 - Lotte Lehmann
Familien - Gemalde, Op.34, No.4 - Lotte Lehmann
Ich Denke Dein, Op.78, No.3 - Lotte Lehmann
Winterreise: Die Nebensonnen, D.911, No.23 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Die Post, D.911, No.13 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Der Sturmische Morgen, D.911, No.18 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum, D.911, No.5 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Der Wegweiser, D.911, No.20 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Die Krahe, D.911, No.15 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Das Wirtshaus, D.911, No.21 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Tauschung, D.911, No.19 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Mut! D.911, No.22 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: In Dorfe, D.911, No.17 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky
Winterreise: Ruckblick, D.911, No.8 - Lotte Lehmann/Paul Ulanowsky